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Overview
Catherine qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1998 and commenced her career in cardio-thoracic nursing at Harefield Hospital where she worked in a variety of medical and surgical settings. Whilst at Harefield she gained her MSc in cardio-thoracic nursing from Imperial College, London. After moving to Cardiff in 2005 she set up the Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic at the University Hospital of Wales. Having completed the Independent Prescribing course she ran this nurse-led clinic until September 2009 when she commenced her PhD studies.
On completing her PhD she began working as a lecturer in the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University, with a particular focus on post-graduate clinical modules, particularly physical assessment and independant prescribing. Catherine has successfully supervised one Professional Doctorate student and one PhD student to completion, with others currently enrolled on PhD programmes.
Publication
2024
- Rebafka, A., Bennett, C., Dunn, C., Roche, D., Hawker, C. and Edwards, D. 2024. Lung transplant recipients' experiences of and attitudes towards self-management: a qualitative systematic review. JBI Evidence Synthesis (10.11124/JBIES-23-00070)
- Brimble, M., Anstey, S., Davies, J. and Dunn, C. 2024. An exploration of managing emotional labour and maintaining professional integrity in children's hospice nursing. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 30(4), pp. 180-188. (10.12968/ijpn.2024.30.4.180)
2023
- Bennett, C. et al. 2023. 'I wouldn't trust it..' Digital transformation of young people's sexual health services: A systems-informed qualitative enquiry. BMJ Public Health 2023(1), article number: e000259. (10.1136/bmjph-2023-000259)
- Bennett, C. et al. 2023. The barriers and facilitators to young people's engagement with bidirectional digital sexual health interventions: A mixed methods systematic review. BMC Digital Health 1, article number: 30. (10.1186/s44247-023-00030-3)
- Dunn, C. 2023. Erectile dysfunction as a marker of cardiovascular risk: is it really so difficult to talk about?. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing 18(2), pp. 1-3. (10.12968/bjca.2023.0015)
- Bennett, C., Cense, M., Monkel, J., Musa, M., Dunn, C. and Kelly, D. 2023. 'Sexual health is just physical': Mis/understandings and challenges in achieving Target 3.7.. Presented at: International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress, Montreal, Canada, 1-5 July 2023.
2022
- Brimble, M. J., Anstey, S., Davies, J., Dunn, C. and Jones, A. 2022. Using mobile phones, WhatsApp and phone interviews to explore how children?s hospice nurses manage long-term relationships with parents: a feasibility pilot. Nurse Researcher 30(3) (10.7748/nr.2022.e1849)
- Bennett, C. et al. 2022. Methodological challenges in making young people’s voices heard. Presented at: RCN International Nursing Research Conference, RCN, Cardiff, 06 September 2022.
2016
- Dunn, C. 2016. Erectile dysfunction: is it really that difficult to talk about? An interpretative phenomenological exploration. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Articles
- Rebafka, A., Bennett, C., Dunn, C., Roche, D., Hawker, C. and Edwards, D. 2024. Lung transplant recipients' experiences of and attitudes towards self-management: a qualitative systematic review. JBI Evidence Synthesis (10.11124/JBIES-23-00070)
- Brimble, M., Anstey, S., Davies, J. and Dunn, C. 2024. An exploration of managing emotional labour and maintaining professional integrity in children's hospice nursing. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 30(4), pp. 180-188. (10.12968/ijpn.2024.30.4.180)
- Bennett, C. et al. 2023. 'I wouldn't trust it..' Digital transformation of young people's sexual health services: A systems-informed qualitative enquiry. BMJ Public Health 2023(1), article number: e000259. (10.1136/bmjph-2023-000259)
- Bennett, C. et al. 2023. The barriers and facilitators to young people's engagement with bidirectional digital sexual health interventions: A mixed methods systematic review. BMC Digital Health 1, article number: 30. (10.1186/s44247-023-00030-3)
- Dunn, C. 2023. Erectile dysfunction as a marker of cardiovascular risk: is it really so difficult to talk about?. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing 18(2), pp. 1-3. (10.12968/bjca.2023.0015)
- Brimble, M. J., Anstey, S., Davies, J., Dunn, C. and Jones, A. 2022. Using mobile phones, WhatsApp and phone interviews to explore how children?s hospice nurses manage long-term relationships with parents: a feasibility pilot. Nurse Researcher 30(3) (10.7748/nr.2022.e1849)
Conferences
- Bennett, C., Cense, M., Monkel, J., Musa, M., Dunn, C. and Kelly, D. 2023. 'Sexual health is just physical': Mis/understandings and challenges in achieving Target 3.7.. Presented at: International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress, Montreal, Canada, 1-5 July 2023.
- Bennett, C. et al. 2022. Methodological challenges in making young people’s voices heard. Presented at: RCN International Nursing Research Conference, RCN, Cardiff, 06 September 2022.
Thesis
- Dunn, C. 2016. Erectile dysfunction: is it really that difficult to talk about? An interpretative phenomenological exploration. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Teaching
As part of her role within the Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic Catherine was seconded into an Associate Lecturer's post within Cardiff University and was involved in the teaching of students undertaking the Cardiac Foundation Module and Pre-registration clinical skil